Improved ciiothes-mne supporter



JOHN ANDREWS, 0E NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent No. 96,183, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPRQVED CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORTER. A

The Schedule referred to in than Letten Patent and making put of the lame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN ANDREWS, of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol, and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Clothes-Line Supporter; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing', and to the letters of reference marked thereon. A

My invention consists in a triangular clothes-line supporter, with joint at the apex and brace.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. A y

Figure 1 is a perspective view oi my invention as .seen supporting a line.

.Figure 2 represents it closed for transportation.

Fig.1. A1 A1, legs; B1, hinge; C1, brace; D, hook; El E1, point-s. s

Fig. 2. Az A, legs; B2, hinge; C, bmce; D, hook;

Ez E2, points; a2, dowel.

Operation. The line being placed bet-Weenthe jaws, and resting on the dowel a2, and the le rs A1 A separated and se cured by brace G1, the top ot' the 'supporter will be firmly held by the pressure of the jaws ou the line; and the feet prevented from slipping by the points El El, as will be seen without further description.

When closed for transportation, the `legs A2 A2 will lbe held together by hook DE.

.Claim What l claiml as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of legs A1, points El', brace G', and hinge B1, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

JOHN ANDREWS. Witnesses:

J No. Davis, TH. E. M. WHITE. 

